About UsFunding Process

The Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) is funded through the
Department of Defense (DoD), via annual Congressional legislation known as the Defense Appropriations
Act. For most programs, the DoD sends a multi-year budget request to Congress in the form of the
President's Budget. However, dollars for the CDMRP are not considered part of the DoD's core mission,
and are therefore not included in the DoD's requested budget. Rather, the dollars to fund CDMRP are
added every year during the budget approval cycle by members of the House or Senate, in response to
requests by consumer advocates and disease survivors.

About Us The CDMRP originated in 1992 via a Congressional appropriation to foster novel approaches to biomedical research in response to the expressed needs of its stakeholders-the American public, the military, and Congress.